This is a 2-part question.
1. What is the WoT rpm's I should be looking for? I have it on a 17' Renken Bowrider. No clue on the prop as it was already in place when I got the boat/motor. I took her out today and was running 31mph @ ~4k rpm. Due to my previous ventures with her, I was ecstatic to get past the dock as we had a local shop do a tune-up last fall.
2. After running about 15 min, we dropped anchor to do some fishing & swimming. Ok, so we did some casting and swimming. After we were ready to move spots, she would fire up for a few seconds, maxing at about 1k idle and die as soon as I would put it in gear. I'm thinking its old gas fouling the plugs (I haven't looked at them yet, too frustrated after I got home), but she fired right up after a few tries with muffs on the trailer. I know everyone suffers the "tow of shame," but I felt really bad for the nice couple that gave us the 1.5 hr tow back to the ramp.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
1. What is the WoT rpm's I should be looking for? I have it on a 17' Renken Bowrider. No clue on the prop as it was already in place when I got the boat/motor. I took her out today and was running 31mph @ ~4k rpm. Due to my previous ventures with her, I was ecstatic to get past the dock as we had a local shop do a tune-up last fall.
2. After running about 15 min, we dropped anchor to do some fishing & swimming. Ok, so we did some casting and swimming. After we were ready to move spots, she would fire up for a few seconds, maxing at about 1k idle and die as soon as I would put it in gear. I'm thinking its old gas fouling the plugs (I haven't looked at them yet, too frustrated after I got home), but she fired right up after a few tries with muffs on the trailer. I know everyone suffers the "tow of shame," but I felt really bad for the nice couple that gave us the 1.5 hr tow back to the ramp.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!